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DancingScarecrow: June 2011
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Sunday, 5 June 2011. So, today is Ascension Sunday. Since the 1960s (and perhaps earlier) we seem to have got hung up on the historicity or otherwise of the Ascension story. Clearly the photographs of the earth from space have proved that there is no physical heaven beyond the clouds into which Jesus ascended. We have, therefore, thrown out the baby with this bathwater. It seems to me, rather, that the Ascension is more like a "Where's Wally" puzzle - or perhaps a "Where's Jesus.". Reflections on Real Li...
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DancingScarecrow: October 2010
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Sunday, 10 October 2010. I recently attended a regional Baptist meeting which, as these things do, began with a time of "worship." The minister of the church hosting the meeting was not able to be present and another gentleman had been prevailed upon to lead the worship. Is singing an essential ingredient in worship? The reflections upon the Scripture passage were neither profound nor relevant. Is it necessary either to read or to study the Bible in order for the gathering to be defined as "worship?
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DancingScarecrow: November 2010
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Sunday, 28 November 2010. A good day yesterday, Associating with other Urban Expression Associates in Birmingham. Clare and I were asked to lead a workshop on worship in an urban context, based on Crumbs of Hope. So we took along the tiles as an example of the kind of thing we do. I think they were generally well received. If you would like to see them, click on the tile to the left. Personally, I recommend viewing them using the. Sunday, 21 November 2010. We are well into the birthday season in Openshaw!
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DancingScarecrow: Theopoetics
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Friday, 24 May 2013. This afternoon, Clare and I have written perhaps our most off the wall eucharist yet. It will go up on Dancing Scarecrow in the next few days, when I have worked out how on earth to explain it. In the course of researching it, I discovered that there is a term to describe what we are trying to do with Dancing Scarecrow—theopoetics. Anyway, in the half hour before starting to make tea, I offer you half a dozen new prayers as well. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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DancingScarecrow: New Prayers
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Sunday, 17 March 2013. In spite of this I have actually managed to upload another twenty prayers or so to www.dancingscarecrow.org.uk. I've also created a "What's New? Page so that those of you who regularly use Dancing Scarecrow can easily find the alterations. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Skinny Fairtrade Latte in the Food Court of Life. I'd forgotten that I'd forgotten. British Baptist Biblical Scholars (8) Marie E. Isaacs. Hymn - boy in the ambulance - A bloodied child - Syria.
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DancingScarecrow: February 2011
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Sunday, 27 February 2011. There are numerous advantages to being a small church. Indeed, one of the things we will be talking about over the next few days/ weeks is whether "church" is a helpful label for what we do. But that's not the point of this post. So we are going to watch a couple of YouTube vidoes (helpful to have internet on the telly). Kaa, the snake, singing "Trust in Me" from Disney's Jungle Book, and Bobby McFerrin, singing, "Don't Worry, Be Happy.". Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Reflections ...
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DancingScarecrow: April 2011
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Monday, 11 April 2011. I Quite Liked Church This Morning…. Last week some friends joined us for worship on Sunday morning. As it happened, it was the day before Clare's Dad's funeral, so the McBeaths were in Abingdon. Joan was away and David was unwell. So "Church" turned out to be Deborah, Beth, me and our two friends! In a thank-you note, one of our friends commented:. I quite liked church this morning…I felt like I had something to contribute, I liked the fact that the. See what you think. I shall hav...
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DancingScarecrow: Where's Wally?
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Sunday, 5 June 2011. So, today is Ascension Sunday. Since the 1960s (and perhaps earlier) we seem to have got hung up on the historicity or otherwise of the Ascension story. Clearly the photographs of the earth from space have proved that there is no physical heaven beyond the clouds into which Jesus ascended. We have, therefore, thrown out the baby with this bathwater. It seems to me, rather, that the Ascension is more like a "Where's Wally" puzzle - or perhaps a "Where's Jesus.". Reflections on Real Li...
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DancingScarecrow: June 2012
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Tuesday, 5 June 2012. Shamefully, it is almost a year since we posted anything to this blog - which probably means we haven't put anything new on Dancing Scarecrow in that time either. But we haven't been sitting around doing nothing. In that time, as well as continuing our "Have Congregation, Will Travel" we have also started a monthly "Stories and Songs" session (for which we are very grateful to have received a grant from TrustGreenbelt) in the local SureStart Centre. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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DancingScarecrow: July 2011
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Monday, 25 July 2011. Just a very quick note to say that we have today posted some new Dancing Stories to Dancing Scarecrow, including the whole of the book of Job (! And a telling of the Massacre of the Innocents for Remembrance Sunday. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A Skinny Fairtrade Latte in the Food Court of Life. I'd forgotten that I'd forgotten. British Baptist Biblical Scholars (8) Marie E. Isaacs. Hymn - boy in the ambulance - A bloodied child - Syria. High Heels, Short Skirts and Clerical Collars.
